Nathaniel Rateliff
There Is A War (Live at Red Rocks / September 20, 2020)
[Intro]
Ladies and gentlemen, Kevin Morby

[Verse 1]
There's a war between the rich and poor
A war between the man and the woman
There's war between the ones who say there is a war
And the ones who say that there isn't

[Chorus]
Why don't you come on back to the war?
That's right, get in it
Why don't you come on back to the war?
It's just beginning

[Verse 2]
Well, I live here with a woman and a child
The situation makes me kind of nervous
As I rise up from her arms, she says, "You guess I call this love, I call it sеrvice"

[Chorus]
Why don't you come on back to the war?
Don't bе a tourist
Why don't you come on back to the war
Before it hurts us?
Why don't you come on back to the war?
And we can all get nervous
[Verse 3]
You cannot stand what I've become
You much prefer the gentleman I was before
I was so easy to defeat, I was so easy to control
I didn't even know there was a war

[Chorus]
Why don't you come on back to the war?
Don't be embarrassed
Why don't you come on back to the war?
You can still get married

[Verse 4]
There's a war between the rich and poor
A war between the man and the woman
There's a war between the left and right
A war between the black and white
A war between the odds and the evens

[Chorus]
Why don't you come on back to the war?
Pick up your tiny burden
Why don't you come on back to the war?
And we can all get even
Why don't you come on back to the war?
[Post-Chorus]
Why don't you come on back to the war?
Why don't you come on back to the war?
Why don't you come on back to the war?
Can't you hear me speaking?